A would-be jewel thief who swallowed a 1.5 carat diamond ring has been forced by nature to give up the evidence, Florida police said.

A Clearwater Police Department spokesman has said that Mary Flowers, 38, was arrested last week after a surveillance tape showed her putting the $20,000 ring in her mouth at a jewellery store in a mall.

Flowers denied swallowing the ring until an X-ray showed it was inside her.

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blueclouds

12-25-2003, 06:36 PM

cass, ick ick ick... I was going to eat soon. well at least police got their evidence. I wonder if they flipped a coin on who was to pick it up.